Though not the completion I had hoped for, this was a very good week for work on my novel. It looks like the manuscript will end up longer than anticipated, but still within ranges that shouldn't freak an editor out. I have a few fundamental questions about the structure that will affect my first edit, so for the first time in (my) history, I will probably be asking readers to check over a segment that I haven't edited yet.
Or I may turn chicken and flee for the hills.
I suppose ostrich would be more appropriate, if I'm going to be a bird and running. Longer legs.
Actually, I do suspect that there is a small chance the non-edited version will have fewer typos. I tend to write pretty cleanly, technically, and frequently when errors emerge is when I'm not quite careful enough with how I've revised ... or I accidentally cut two words instead of one and don't notice ...
Feeling my way through my six-sentences story. Currently leaving the provided sentences bold so I can look back and see where they are. When I paused, I had just used the second. Four to go ...
Word count for 2/10 - 2/16: 11,537
About Me
- Lindsey Duncan
- I'm a professional harp performer, chef / pastry chef, and speculative fiction writer from Cincinnati, Ohio. My contemporary fantasy novel Flow is available from Double Dragon Publishing, and my science fiction novel Scylla and Charybdis is now out from Grimbold Books. I've also sold a number of short stories and a few pieces of speculative poetry. I write predominantly fantasy, usually epic and/or humorous, with some soft science fiction. I play the traditional lever harp with a specialty in Celtic music - but I also perform modern and Renaissance tunes. And yes, you read that right - I have a diploma in Baking and Pastry and an Associates in Culinary Arts and am currently working in the catering field at Kate's Catering and Personal Chef Services (Dayton, KY). I am a CPC (Certified Pastry Culinarian) and CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine).
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